New Year, New PC Gaming Rig!

That's right! A brand new toy for me! It's a Intel Core 2 Duo 8200 (2.66mhz + 6 mb onboard cache), 1gig x 4 sticks, nvidia 8600GT Extreme Overclock version (no money to get the 8800GT) and a brand new CoolerMaster casing + CoolerMaster 550W PSU. That set me back like slightly over SGD$1k. Can't compare with my bro-in-law's rig, which sports a QUAD CORE!

Here are a few pics of it...



For those who have the luxury of having a 2nd HDD, I strongly urge you to use a good backup software. I tried Norton Ghost and it's good. But it doesn't support the latest SATA technology. I searched in vain and finally I am happy with Acronis True Image Home v11. Fully bootable from CD and backups your HDD as a clone or image.